About
Zenpundit is a blog dedicated to exploring the intersections of foreign and defense policies, history, military theory, national security, strategic thinking, futurism, cognition and a number of other esoteric pursuits. Zenpundit was a 2005 Weblog Award finalist and a two-time winner of the “Thinking Blogger” award. Zenpundit has also been favorably cited by WIRED magazine, Military.com, The Office of the Secretary of Defense, by bestselling author Thomas P.M. Barnett in his most recent books, Blueprint for Action and Great Powers, HNN, Small Wars Journal , the Atlantic Council and by numerous bloggers across the political spectrum.
The author, Mark Safranski, holds an MA in diplomatic history and an MS.Ed in administration, is a teacher, educational consultant and was formerly an adviser to a privately held internet platform company, Conversationbase, LLC. He was the editor of The John Boyd Roundtable: Debating Science, Strategy, and War
